Bet against them, get your stack took

To my Buzz people, follow this link, everyone else just watch the video embedded.

Bumble bumble bumble bee

So I might trail off from blogging next week. I'm going to be assisting in the training of our new employee and I don't think that I want to blog with someone looking over my shoulder. But you never know. I might have to blog the whole experience. Actually Twitter is probably better for that. So even if I'm not putting up new posts keep an eye on my Twitter feed. It could be good...

Woodland Park Zoo is planning on closing the Nocturnal House. It's really a sad day. My favorite animal, the Ocelot, lives there, along with all kinds of other great animals like vampire bats, armadillos and sloths. Sunday there is an event scheduled to show support for the exhibit. You can find info here. Also join the FB group so that the Zoo realizes how many people don't want this exhibit to go... *The Ocelot does not live there. I was mistaken. When I got to the zoo it turns out that the Ocelot might be moving into the rain forest exhibit and is current in the house next to the Komodo Dragons, those things are awesome. However the bushbabies do live in the nocturnal house and are pretty awesome. It'll be sad to see it go...

Jim Mora is out as the Seahawks head coach. I don't really understand why they'd fire him before even hiring a new GM. I kinda hope whoever the new GM is just goes out and rehires him. He was given the same group as Holmgren had in his last season and came up with a 5-11 record compared to Mikes 4-12. To me it sounds like a bad team, not a bad coach. What the hawks really need to do is put together a decent offensive line and figure out what the long term situation with Matt Hasselbeck is. I'm still crossing my fingers that we're going to see Jake Locker in a hawks uniform in a couple years...

This plant continues to bring me unprecedented happiness...

It's getting real festive up in here

The older I get the more I find I like things that I used to loathe. Like holiday music. 5 year I couldn't stand it. Go back a couple more years and it made me want to kill people and dance around wearing their skin. However this year I actively made an effort to listen to more holiday sounds. Maybe it's because I don't work retail anymore. Maybe it's because I'm being more 'american'. Maybe it has something to do with a chemical reaction in my brain that has changed over time. Either way, I can't get enough of it...

Tim Ruskell is out as the Seahawks GM, thank the maker. Lets hope that they're serious about getting Holmgren in there. Maybe then we'll end up with a decent team again...

The only thing that I've found better that holiday music today was pitchforks collection of Neutral Milk Hotel videos from back in 98. Y'all should check em out. It's the good stuff...

Going to the Huskies game tomorrow. GO DAWGS!!! The unfortunate thing is that they'll probably lose. I've been to one game every year for the past 4 or 5 years and I've never seen them win. I usually see them get stomped. But that was pre-Sark...

Well I guess I'll keep this one short since everyone thought yesterdays post was a little wordy. Peace...

Drowning in the atmosphere

This weekend was a bit out of control...

Friday night was Grizzly Bear with MNom and NESF. Great time. We went to Contour for happy hour. Good times had by all. Then the rain. Oh the rain! It was torrential. We weren't going far but in order to avoid getting completely drenched we took two buses and still had to make a mad dash from awning to awning in order to avoid being drowned by the atmosphere. The show was amazing though. I was pleased that everyone remained seated for the majority of the show. As NESF put it, "What are people going to do if they stand? Sway?" I got manhandled by the chick that was sitting behind us ("CHEERLEADER!!!!") at the show but I had a few too many drinks to play the scene in my favor and she was gone before the show ended. I also caused a little bit of scene on the bus ride home. Luckily I decided NOT to go to another bar and just call it a night. The last thing that I needed was another drink...



Saturday I got a bunch of stuff done. Had breakfast with PMRob and then went to Goodwill, liquor store and Fred Meyers. Did some prep work for the housewarming gathering. All in all the event went well. Definitely gave me an idea of what to expect if I have another gathering at the new place. More than anything else I was lacking chairs. Thanks to everyone for coming!...

Sunday was disappointing. I woke up to find the Hawks down 14 points and the game had hardly started. It was ridiculous. They couldn't get anything going for them and Lofa went out with a season ending injury. I guess I'm going to have to be a Broncos fan this year...

Many of you have already got your ballots in the mail so I think now is the time to give you my "quick" two-cents about some key issues this year:

If you follow this regularly you know that the most important vote that you can place this year is to APPROVE REF 71. Previous rant here.

I-1033 deserves to be rejected. If for no other reason than it's Tim Eyman. However there are many other reasons. It would lead to funding cuts in K-12, higher education, elderly services and much much more.

King County Executive should be Dow Constantine. His record speaks for itself that he is the man who supports KC values.

I'm not sure if I've said it here before but McGinn for Mayor here in Seattle. I know that I've said it here which also includes a list of places that you can drop off your ballots.

Don't wait till November 3rd to mail your ballot. DO IT NOW!!! I still haven't received mine though, I might have to go to the elections office and cause a scene, but I'll give them a couple more days.

Woven Illusions

I had the most relaxing weekend I've had in a long time. I didn't do anything, including answer my phone. I watched an unhealthy amount of football. Finished the third disc of Final Fantasy VIII (love that game). And otherwise kept a low profile...

There are times in the day that I'll go ask my boss a question. Not because I don't know how to accomplish it, but more that I just want to seem busy. It also seems to give him a sense of wellbeing and purpose. Oh the illusions we weave...

HAWKS!!! I'm glad to see that the return of Hasslebeck led to a shut out victory. Now we just need 10 more like that and I'll be a happy 12th fan...

"Meet a Bigot". Mad props go to the man holding up the sign. You all could probably have guessed this but I support Ref 71. I think that it should be approved and I think that it's absurd that we have to vote on honoring the rights of individuals. I strongly urge everyone out there to stand up this November and make the statement that Washington state is not a home for narrow minded bigots who want to deny people basic rights to others because of their sexual orientation or age...

For any of you who are curious it IS legal to own a turtle in the City of Seattle. Not sure why that came up, but it did...

Something is happening here at work and I'm not sure what it is yet, but I think everything is about to change...

My plastic glow-in-the-dark Jesus is broken. Well he's not broken but the chain that attached him to my keys is. Now he just looms over my telephone at work. He brings me happiness...

Performance Breakdown

I've started the packing process. It's going better than I anticipated. I've got about 15 boxes done so far and am almost 100% out of the basement (just a couple boxes left). I'm very happy that Mickey came by and picked up the leather chair and drafting table. He also took a bunch of stuff that needed to go to Goodwill that Benson said he was going to donate to a woman's shelter which pleased me as well. Unfortunately I haven't started the kitchen, which I anticipate will be the most beastly. It usually is. But I still have 12 days and I think that should be enough time. My big plan for this week is to finish up the cats room, the bar and begin on the kitchen. I feel like there are a lot of things that I can pack without impacting my ability to cook food. I also think that the roommates are planning to begin the move this week so that should help me to get a better idea of what there is to do once things start getting out the door. I figure if I'm able to stay on course this might just be the easiest move I've ever made. It certainly would be if I could just do it like this...



My ficus is dying again. This plant hates me I think. It's recovery was coming along nicely and now half of it is dying again. I think that I'm just going to have to cut off half of it and hope that solves the problem. Everyone has been telling me to just throw it away, but I can't bring myself to do it...

Went to Ray's OMGWTFBBQ yesterday and OMG WTF was right. It was a great time. His place is amazing. The grass, oh the grass. I could have spent the rest of my life lying in that luscious greenery. There was also an appearance by a couple of American Lady Boy's, I won't say who but I will say they were there...

Saturday might just have been the laziest day that I've had in a long time. I didn't wake up until 2pm and even then I just played video games and watched the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy. It was exactly what I needed...

The Hawks dominated their season opener!!!! It's nice to see the team playing well again. The first quarter was nonsense but once they got through it they really stepped up their game and got the job done. Carlson is a savage and just might be what the team needed to get themselves back into playoff contention. It's a little early to make any solid predictions but I have a very good feeling that we'll be flying high in the NFC West this season...

I can't wait for Embryonic!!!